[Asia Economy Reporter Koo Chae-eun] The Iranian Ministry of Health announced on the 10th at noon (local time) that the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection increased by 881 from the previous day, reaching 8,042.


Although there is a time difference, this surpasses South Korea's confirmed cases (7,513 as of 0:00 on the 10th). With this, Iran's number of COVID-19 confirmed cases ranks third after China and Italy.



On the same day, the number of deaths increased by 54 from the previous day, rising to 291. This is the largest daily increase in deaths since the first death was reported on the 19th of last month. The area with the highest number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Iran is the capital, Tehran, with 2,114 cases. The Iranian Ministry of Health also reported that the cumulative number of recovered patients is 2,731.


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